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=== Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning ===
Contributors: automattic, aaronfc, burtrw, donnapep, fjorgemota, gabrielcaires, gikaragia, imranh920, jakeom, luchad0res, merkushin, m1r0, onubrooks, renathoc, yscik
Tags: lms, eLearning, teach, online courses, woocommerce
Requires at least: 6.3
Tested up to: 6.5
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 4.24.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Create beautiful and engaging online courses, lessons, and quizzes.

== Description ==

**Create beautiful and engaging online courses, lessons, and quizzes.**

[Sensei LMS](https://senseilms.com)  is a powerful learning management plugin from Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. At Automattic, we use Sensei LMS to power all our employee training courses.

Share your knowledge and teach freely with Sensei LMS!

### Powerful LMS Features ###

- Seamlessly integrate Sensei LMS into your WordPress site. Sensei LMS looks great with any theme and can be customized to match your branding and style.
- Create engaging courses with the [WordPress Block Editor](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-block-editor/), fully utilized by Sensei's free [Course Theme](https://senseilms.com/meet-course-a-new-free-block-theme-by-sensei/).
- Enable [Learning Mode](https://senseilms.com/learning-mode/) for an immersive distraction-free learning experience.
- Track student progress and performance with detailed reports.
- Embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and VideoPress for video-based courses.
- Add the Course List block to any page or post to display available courses.

### Create effective quizzes ###

Quizzes are a powerful way to improve your students' understanding of key concepts and track their progress. Select from various quiz question types and settings, such as multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, free response, file uploads, and more.

### Showcase your courses ###

Submit your course to Sensei LMS' public course showcase at [https://senseilms.com/showcase/](https://senseilms.com/showcase/). Sensei LMS' course showcase allows you to reach new audiences to expand your course's visibility.

### Discover the power of Sensei Pro ###

Realize the full potential of your courses with Sensei Pro.

**WooCommerce Integration:** Effortlessly set a price and sell courses in just a few clicks. Sensei Pro seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce Subscriptions, Payments, Memberships, and Affiliates extensions.

**Scheduled Content Drip:** Control the pacing of lessons in your courses by specifying when students can access lesson content at fixed intervals after starting the course or on a particular date.

**Immersive Interactive Blocks:** Enrich your lessons, pages, or posts with engaging videos, flashcards, image hotspots, and task lists.

https://videopress.com/v/tLYw7R27

**Enhanced Quiz Features:** Set a quiz timer and incorporate an ordering quiz question type. With Sensei LMS Pro, you can include individual quiz questions in any WordPress content, not just quizzes.

**Easy Groups & Cohorts:** Organize students into groups and cohorts to manage access and customize learning experiences.

**Course Access Periods:** Define a start date, end date, or a set amount of time that courses will remain accessible to students.

**Conditional Content:** Personalize the learning journey by hiding or showing lessons and content based on groups, enrollment status, and date.

**Dedicated Priority Support:** Our team of expert and friendly engineers is always available to provide assistance and ensure your success!

**Flashcards:** Add text, videos, images, embeds, and more to both sides of the flashcard block type.

**Co-Teachers:** Share course ownership with co-teachers who can edit course settings, lessons, and quizzes.

[Learn more about Sensei Pro](https://senseilms.com/sensei-pro/).

### Free Extensions ###

**Certificates:** Automatically generate beautiful downloadable PDF certificates for students when they complete a course.

[Learn more about Sensei LMS Certificates.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sensei-certificates/)

**Post To Course Creator:** Create courses quickly by converting existing blog posts into course lessons in just a few clicks.

[Learn more about Sensei LMS Post To Course Creator.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sensei-post-to-course/)

== Installation ==

= Automatic installation =

1. Log into your WordPress admin panel and go to *Plugins* > *Add New*.
2. Enter "Sensei LMS" into the search field.
3. Once you've located the plugin, click *Install Now*.
4. Click *Activate*.
5. Configure the settings by going to *Sensei LMS* > *Settings*.

= Manual installation =

1. Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it.
2. Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation's `wp-content/plugins/` directory on the server.
3. Log into your WordPress admin panel and activate the plugin from the *Plugins* menu.
4. Configure the settings by going to *Sensei LMS* > *Settings*.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where can I get support for Sensei LMS? =
For the free plugin, please use the [Support Forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sensei-lms/) for any questions that you may have. We monitor the forums regularly and will reply as soon as we can.

You can also check our [Documentation](https://senseilms.com/docs) on our website for guides, tutorials, and other helpful information.

= Where can I report bugs or contribute improvements to the plugin? =
Sensei is developed in public on Github. We welcome anyone to report a bug, submit a pull request, and follow along with our progress.

[Visit Sensei LMS on Github](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/).

= Does Sensei work with membership plugins? =
Sensei LMS can be used in conjunction with [Sensei Pro](https://senseilms.com/sensei-pro/) and [WooCommerce Memberships](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/) to enable you to sell courses as part of a membership plan. See [Selling Courses as a Membership](https://senseilms.com/documentation/selling-courses-as-a-membership/) for more details.

= How can I keep up to date with new releases and announcements for Sensei LMS? =

Please visit the [Sensei Blog](https://senseilms.com/blog/) or sign up for our [mailing list](https://senseilms.com/mailing-list/).

= How can I include my courses in the Sensei LMS showcase? =

To find out how to submit a course to the Sensei LMS showcase, and the requirements, please see our [documentation on the Course Showcase](https://senseilms.com/documentation/showcase/).

= Does Sensei support live courses, Zoom integration, or webinars? =

Yes! You can add links to Zoom, Google Meet, or whatever platform you choose in a course lesson. In addition, Sensei includes a meeting lesson layout you can select when creating a new lesson to help make this even easier.

= Does Sensei work in WordPress Multisite? =

Sensei LMS works great in WordPress Multisite. Although a Sensei Pro license covers only one site, the Sensei Agency plan permits the activation of Sensei Pro on up to 20 sites. If you use or plan to use Sensei Pro on a Multisite with more than 20 sites, please [get in touch](https://senseilms.com/contact/) for custom pricing.

= How can I sell courses as part of a membership? =

Sensei LMS is compatible with Sensei Pro and [WooCommerce Memberships](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/), enabling you to sell courses as part of a membership plan.

See [Selling Courses as a Membership](https://senseilms.com/documentation/selling-courses-as-a-membership/) for more details.

= Does Sensei work in my language? =

Community members have translated the free Sensei LMS plugin [into 18 languages](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sensei-lms/), while Sensei Pro has been [professionally translated into 16 languages](https://translate.wordpress.com/projects/sensei/). We welcome contributions to improve even more.

== Screenshots ==
1. Course Editor
2. Lesson Editor
3. Learning Mode
4. Quiz Editor

== Changelog ==

### 4.24.1 - 2024-06-13
#### Security
- Improve security for lessons and modules ordering

#### Fixed
- Avoid creating a new translation if it exists already [#7609](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7609)
- Change some taxonomy capabilities to fix some behaviors [#7613](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7613)
- Contact teacher form not displaying correctly in Learning Mode [#7610](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7610)
- Register Sensei LMS custom post types without delay [#7607](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7607)
- Support "0" or other falsy values as an answer for a quiz question [#7614](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7614)

### 4.24.0 - 2024-04-25
#### Security
- Prevent unauthenticated flushing of rewrite rules [#7596](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7596)

#### Added
- User profile settings for unsubscribing from emails [#7586](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7586)

#### Changed
- Let buttons get their styles from the theme [#7587](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7587)

#### Fixed
- Add VideoPress block compabitility for the video settings on courses [#7592](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7592)
- Fix preview email button and links [#7590](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7590)

### 4.23.1 - 2024-04-15
#### Added
- WPML: Setting to disable Sensei slugs translation for better compatibility [#7569](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7569)
- WPML: Share student progress and quiz submission across translations [#7492](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7492)
- WPML: Show user courses for different languages using `sensei_user_courses` shortcode [#7583](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7583)

#### Changed
- Open setup wizard if necessary when navigating through relevant pages in WP admin [#7581](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7581)

#### Fixed
- Usage of question categories in translated quizzes [#7559](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7559)
- Lessons being automatically published when course is updated [#7582](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7582)